Thursday, December 16, 2021

The Starling (2021)



Made for Netflix, airing September 24th in the US.
Filmed in New York.
The story: Jack and Lilly were once a happily married couple.
When they lost their young daughter Katie, everything changed.
Jack has been very hard on himself through it all and is now away from home in therapy to try and deal, while Lilly has stayed home, continuing on with life.
Lilly visits Jack weekly but nothing seems to ever change and the two just go through the motions without ever accepting or talking about how they really feel.
When Jack wants space from Lilly, his therapist sends Lilly in the direction of her old colleague who now happens to be a vet.
Through talks with the vet, Lilly begins reevaluating her life and changing the way she thinks about things.
It doesn't hurt that she is distracted by a small, territorial starling who has made a home in her yard.
Stars Chris ODowd, Melissa McCarthy, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Skyler Gisondo, Daveed Diggs, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn, Loretta Devine, Ravi Kapoor, Owen Atlas
Directed by Theodore Melfi
Rated PG13
DRAMA/COMEDY

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